Abstract
Medication errors due to the exclusive use of trade names of drugs may lead to life-threatening complications. We report the case of a patient with verapamil overdose as a result of this. This case illustrates that the use of trade names, omitting the international nonproprietary names of the active moiety, carries the risk of serious adverse drug events by overdose.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems
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Antihypertensive Agents / poisoning*
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Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
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Drugs, Generic
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Electrocardiography
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Female
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Humans
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Hypertension / drug therapy
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Medication Errors*
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Middle Aged
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Risk Factors
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Verapamil / poisoning*
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Verapamil / therapeutic use
Substances
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Antihypertensive Agents
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Drugs, Generic
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Verapamil